LCA Food 2012 in Saint Malo, France! - Manifestations et colloques ...

PARALLEL SESSION 5A: FOOD LABELLING 8 th Int. Conference on LCA in the
Agri-Food Sector, 1-4 Oct 2012
2.3. The Product System
The Product System represents the product group model calculation tool. It is developed for each product
group in a specific fashion following the Product Category Rule (PCR) and is internally vetted.
Barilla’s EPD Process System includes Product Systems for pasta, bakery and sauces products. An example
of product system for bakery product is reported in Fig. 2.
Figure 2. Example of product system for bakery products
2.4. Verification levels
The reliability of the EPDs is ensured by several verification levels done by Data Assessor, Process Assessor
and Verification Body:
1. Product System and LCA Database verification is performed by the Data Assessor;
2. Product specific data, LCA data sheet and EPD Document verification is performed by the Data
Assessor per each EPD realised
3. EPD Process verification by means of:
internal audit, performed by the Process Assessor
external audit, performed by a Verification Body (accredited body certified for audit of
management systems)
3. Process Operations
Barilla EPD Process System is organised in three main processes, under the control of the management
activities: EPD project, database update and product system update.
The management activities take into consideration all the actions that are necessary for activities coordination
and organisation, such as EPDs planning, competences evaluations, process assessment planning, non
conformity management and system documentation updating. An overview of the processes is given in Fig.
3.
The first activity of the system is the EPD planning, it is performed each year to organize all the works related
to the EPD Process System. To reliably plan the EPD projects, the collection of all the product recipe is
necessary to identify raw material still not covered by an update data module.
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